Screenwriting : What Creative Spark Won’t Leave You Alone? by Michael McDermott

What Creative Spark Won’t Leave You Alone?

'll go first: Lately, I'm obsessed with the collision of military realism and near-future AI — stories where impossible choices push characters to confront who they really are. That blend of discipline, vulnerability, and big-stakes morality keeps pulling me back.

Maurice Vaughan

Hi, Michael McDermott. I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Acting Lounge to the Screenwriting Lounge since it fits better here. Let me know if you have any questions.

I've been getting script ideas by combining movies.

Michael McDermott

Thank you. This is day one of what I hope will be a long, enjoyable, and perhaps profitable experience.

Meriem Bouziani

I think I appreciate every single idea that comes to my mind, but I feel more drawn to the most layered, crazy, and almost never-seen-before concepts—especially those involving neuroscience, AI ethics, parallel universes, and sentience.

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Michael McDermott. I hope so too! What's your creative goal(s) for this month?

TOM SCHAEFER

I'm concentrating on developing stories that inspire humanity to do better. I started my TV show creation journey inspired by Taylor Sheridan. I wrote my first scifi novel back in 2013, having a huge annoyance with the oversaturation of garbage like horror, dystopian scifi - mental garbage that only creates fear and loathing of humanity.

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